Be the Change

Steps

We started a pedometer challenge at work, and I'm excited to see how many steps I walk each day! "They" say you should walk 10,000 steps per day. Yesterday (the first day of the challenge), I walked to and from work (about 1.5 miles) and I worked a 7-hour shift. When I got home I was just over 14,000 steps! But I was exhausted and crashed on the couch for a while! So my total at the end of the day was 16,223. Not bad, especially considering the goal for the first week is only 20,000 steps!

I'm still running 3 times per week. I've upped my "base" runs to 4 miles, which means I rarely run under that amount. Today, though, I didn't have much time, so I just did 2 miles, which actually felt sort of easy... except for the pain in my side. I had cream in my coffee this morning, and apparently dairy will make me get a side stitch. It's important to learn these things, and I'm grateful it wasn't on a race day!

We leave the pedometer counting for a whole week, so I'm currently at 21,981, which means I've taken almost 6,000 steps today. I'm going to my Mom's birthday party soon. I'm not sure how much walking I'll do there... maybe I'll take a walk when I get home.

It's interesting to me because walking actually gets me more steps than running because of the difference in stride length. I measured by walking and running one block on the street. Running took me 50 steps and walking took me 70! So I'd be better off walking rather than running... Still, I'm not going to give up my running! It feels too good to run!